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On Monday, director Neill Blomkamp called the film “a science-fiction take on the haves and have-nots and the separation of wealth,” according to Vulture, and “Damon stars as one of those have-nots.”

“Filmed back in fall of 2011, Elysium coincided with the rise of the Occupy Wall Street movement, and it’s hard to miss the real-life parallels in the film’s story,” Vulture write. When asked about what affect the movement had on the film, Blomkamp said “Hopefully, it didn’t impact it all.”

Vulture said Blomkamp “seemed understandably wary that his summer movie could become a cable-news hot potato” particularly since Damon has been politically active recently.

“It was the first time that I realized that I was making a film that, in terms of the global consciousness, fit into a CNN sound bite,” Blomkamp said. “That upset me a little bit. But they both come from the same place, I just don’t want [the coverage] to be fast-food and throwaway.”